Over a thousand two-wheelers and 400 four-wheelers are parked daily at CBD Belapur, but fire safety equipment is available only near the Metro station, where two water supply pipes and a fire engine parking bay are located 

At this spot, there is a two-storey parking lot adjoining platform 1 at Thane station, which was jam-packed with two-wheelers on Tuesday. A handful of casually dressed attendants were manning the access point of the facility, keeping watch as two-wheelers entered and exited. (PIC/RAJENDRA B AKLEKAR)

The jam-packed parking facility at Thane station. (PIC/MADHULIKA RAM KAVATTUR)

The parking lot at Borivli railway station, which lacks fire-fighting equipment. (PIC/RITIKA GONDHALEKAR)

A small two-storey parking lot near the escalators at Kurla station remains unmanned and is now used for two-wheeler parking after the e-bike contract lapsed, with only a nearby RPF office as a possible source of fire safety equipment. (PIC/RAJENDRA B AKLEKAR)

The Nerul station parking lot, which lacks fire extinguishers. (PIC/MADHULIKA RAM KAVATTUR)

At Nerul station, open parking lots at both ends lack fire safety equipment, even as around 300 two-wheelers and fewer than 100 four-wheelers are parked on each side daily. (PICS/MADHULIKA RAM KAVATTUR)